Another disappointing set if I'm honest, dominated with the usual boring American rubbish. Come on NG, even GJ and pheonix are beating you with diversity lately.
Very interesting for Australia and the 747SP, but was a bit disappointed there were no LH, not really interested in any of these. But Overall, an interesting set of releases
Another disappointing set if I'm honest, dominated with the usual boring American rubbish. Come on NG, even GJ and pheonix are beating you with diversity lately.
Hoping the SP’s include VH-EAA delivery, (more than likely going by NG’s recent Instagram activity, plus that Phoenix 742 release which was definitely a prompted reaction); maybe the 2nd is VH-EAB and one of them has the 1982 Commonwealth Games logo on it? Otherwise yes, it could be Australian Asia Airlines or even a Qantas euro-white version. The N14XXX SP could be a United machine, either Saul Bass (small/big titles) or Battleship.
Are you sure that N16XXX, N25XXN, N48XXS, and N43XXS are 738s? Looks like they are United, Southwest, and Alaska 737-700s with maybe the alaska oneworld 739?
My apologies, I stand corrected, these look like the launch models for the new 737's and 739's moulds.
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Are you sure that N16XXX, N25XXN, N48XXS, and N43XXS are 738s? Looks like they are United, Southwest, and Alaska 737-700s with maybe the alaska oneworld 739?
Boeing 737
N16XXX - United -700
N25XXN - Southwest Canyon Blue -700 w/ blended winglets
N48XXS - Alaska oneworld livery (-900)
N43XXS - Alaska -900 standard livery
Boeing 752
99-XXXX - Air Force Two
G-DXXX - DHL
VH-XXX - DHL w/ special tail (Grand Tour?)
Boeing 747SP
N14XXX - United
VH-XXX - Qantas old colors
VH-XXX - Qantas newer colors
Airbus A321
OY-XXX - Thomas Cook w/ sharklets
VH-XXX - Australia Post
B-XXX - HKExpress
Airbus A350
VP-XXX - Aeroflot
F-XXXX - Frenchbee
All 737s are American releases... my wallet’s in trouble
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- Frontier 737-200 Saul Bass
- United Airbus A320 Evo Blue
- Allegiant Douglas DC-9, first livery
- Northwest Airlink CRJ-200 Bowling Shoe
- North Central DC-9-30 w/ Gold Trim
I’m a little concerned about the -700s and -900s being rolled out so quickly after the molds were announced, especially since yesterday NG didn’t know the color of the Alaska 739. I’m hoping it’s not a repeat of the 747SP fiasco because these look like great releases
I'd buy both a Qantas delivery-livery 747SP and a United SP of any variant. But I hope the UA is a Saul Bass *large* titles, which I don't know of having been done in 1:400. Do please get the SP nose corrected. The problem (nose point too low!) has been identified, and it's very noticeable.
That may be all for me this month. I'd ponder an Aeroflot A350 to represent the new colors in my fleet. Disappointed that there aren't any L-1011's.
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Perhaps as a special/limited release; but would love to see G-DRJC Boeing 752 "Braemar Castle" in the BA Landor scheme, leased from Monarch back in 1988/89. I understand the ship achieved notoriety in 2000 when hijacked at JFK whilst operated by National Airlines, all ended well thankfully. Still operational with FedEx I understand.
As far as I know. NG's American, Pan Am and South African SP's hasn't been released yet here in Germany. I wonder if those new SP announcements will be delayed in their releases as well.
The American SP is definitely delayed but the Pan Am has been distributed from what I've seen of other retailers, including my own. Europe might be a bit behind with getting theirs perhaps? The outstanding SAA SP's were meant to be distributed in March but evidently this has been held up too, no word about this yet. I can imagine a bit of a backlog developing at this rate.
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As far as I know. NG's American, Pan Am and South African SP's hasn't been reased yet here in Germany. I wonder if those new SP announcements will be delayed in their releases as well.
I got my SAA very early already, but I understand not all orders where fulfilled so far.
As much as I love the rest of NGs 747SP, but the more I look at the two I already have the more I hope they'll retool the nose. I'd gladly take another SAA then. And a Saul Bass.
The American SP is definitely delayed but the Pan Am has been distributed from what I've seen of other retailers, including my own. Europe might be a bit behind with getting theirs perhaps? The outstanding SAA SP's were meant to be distributed in March but evidently this has been held up too, no word about this yet. I can imagine a bit of a backlog developing at this rate.
I ordered my Pan Am 747SP through JetCollector (Calif. - USA) and still haven't received a shipment notice.
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1/400 Model Wishlist: Aeroclassics United DC-7 Mainliner 50s livery, North Central/Lake Central/Ozark DC-3s
I ordered my Pan Am 747SP through JetCollector (Calif. - USA) and still haven't received a shipment notice.
I ordered mine via Hobby House in Malaysia. They’ve got the Pan Am/Gulf Air/Air Lanka releases but the American has held up my order. I see Waffle has the Pan Am SP in the USA, his own pics are on the DB now.
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My shipment of Pan Am arrived Monday and all shipped next day.
EU shops tend to be a few weeks or more behind in some cases so be patient. Their customs checks tend to go wildly beyond anything I'll ever deal with and stuff can be held for a while.
I'm only interested in these 3 models at the moment (if they match the official releases).
I also want an Aeroflot A359, but their registrations start with VQ. Wondering if it was a typing error because I couldn't find any A359 at jetphotos.com which registration starts with VP.
Edit: Just checked at airfleets.net and saw several VP registered A359s on order for Aeroflot (that's why there were no pictures). So I'll be adding that one to my list.
About the nose point, would you like to show me with pictures?
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I'd buy both a Qantas delivery-livery 747SP and a United SP of any variant. But I hope the UA is a Saul Bass *large* titles, which I don't know of having been done in 1:400. Do please get the SP nose corrected. The problem (nose point too low!) has been identified, and it's very noticeable.
That may be all for me this month. I'd ponder an Aeroflot A350 to represent the new colors in my fleet. Disappointed that there aren't any L-1011's.
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We decided to clear up all those backlogs at our new factory from JUN.
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As far as I know. NG's American, Pan Am and South African SP's hasn't been released yet here in Germany. I wonder if those new SP announcements will be delayed in their releases as well.
The American SP is definitely delayed but the Pan Am has been distributed from what I've seen of other retailers, including my own. Europe might be a bit behind with getting theirs perhaps? The outstanding SAA SP's were meant to be distributed in March but evidently this has been held up too, no word about this yet. I can imagine a bit of a backlog developing at this rate.
As far as I know. NG's American, Pan Am and South African SP's hasn't been reased yet here in Germany. I wonder if those new SP announcements will be delayed in their releases as well.
I got my SAA very early already, but I understand not all orders where fulfilled so far.
As much as I love the rest of NGs 747SP, but the more I look at the two I already have the more I hope they'll retool the nose. I'd gladly take another SAA then. And a Saul Bass.
About the nose point, would you like to show me with pictures?
Check the thread "NG Model 1:400 February 2021 Release Photographs" response number 167. User IflyHA put a photo of an actual 747SP nose with a photo of one of the model 757SP nose, with lines to indicate the difference. I couldn't do any better than that.
Jim
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Another month, another boat load of American stuff. The OY-xxx is SAS which I’m happy about as I’d like to get the old livery a321.
I’m not too sure about the 99-reg 757, my guess would be Air Force 2 but I’m not too sure.
I may be tempted by the Aeroflot a350 but I’ll see.
Whilst I’m happy to see an sas a321, it’s annoying the Americans get attention over Europe After 3 quite heavily saturated releases fro American carriers. Ah well, I’m saving up for a new camera anyway so i could do with a month off
We decided to clear up all those backlogs at our new factory from JUN.
Oh ok. In the NG February Release thread, it says that the delayed American SP will be rolled out with the April releases? So does this now mean that both the American & South African SP’s won’t be distributed until June?
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Great to see the two SP's ive been waiting for: United ( Saul Bass hopefully) and Qantas delivery.
On another note and yes I know this has been covered, maybe its just me but I really cant see what this big issue is with the SP nose? When I look at a Phoenix 74,I see straight away the thing is wrong! It's blatantly evident. However if i'm honest, I cant seem to see where the nose is wrong on NG! Just saying!!
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RAF x3/Eastern bare metal/LAM/ Faucett Peru
NG A340: Gulf Air( Gold/Blue))Surinam/Royal Jordanian/Air Namibia (Blue tail) LAN
NG 747 SP/200 Air Namibia( yellow)/Luxair/Air Mauritius/ Saudi Arabian (Green)/Aerolineas Argentinas/ SAA 80’s Orange tail, silver belly 200/ Lufthansa black nose/ Olympic 200
NG 744: United Battleship/ Delta/ Northwest red top/ Qantas 90s livery/ BA
Great to see the two SP's ive been waiting for: United ( Saul Bass hopefully) and Qantas delivery.
On another note and yes I know this has been covered, maybe its just me but I really cant see what this big issue is with the SP nose? When I look at a Phoenix 74,I see straight away the thing is wrong! It's blatantly evident. However if i'm honest, I cant seem to see where the nose is wrong on NG! Just saying!!
I actually can't tell what's wrong with the SP either. I looked at the two photo comparisons too. I must be dumb